Subject: Re: NetBSD running on a mini G4?
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org>
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@floodgap.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 01/31/2007 18:25:05
> > I'm getting some problem with PMG4 with a Promise Ultra133/ATA:
> 
> Sounds like a cable problem. On the other hand ATA66 vs. ATA100 is 
> hardly a loss, I doubt that any of the other drives could even come 
> close to saturating an ATA33 channel.
> 
> > wd0(pdcide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 (Ultra/66) (using 
> > DMA)
> > wd0c: error reading fsbn 0 (wd0 bn 0; cn 0 tn 0 sn 0), retrying
> > wd0: (aborted command, interface CRC error)
> > wd0: soft error (corrected)
> > boot device: wd1

I've had this problem for forever with my Promise U133/ATA and I've tried
different cables, drives, you name it. It's not just the cable.

I think I filed a PR about this a while back.

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